Recent years were warmest on record, warns UN

Extreme weather has affected all continents, while the melting of sea ice and glaciers and sea level rises continue.

With greenhouse gas concentrations at record levels, Mr Taalas said that we may see temperature increases of between three and five degrees Celcius by the end of the century if greater action is not taken now.

The organization's report also highlighted events during the current year, such as floods in the Indian state of Kerala and Japan, and heat waves in much of Europe, including the United Kingdom, which caused forest fires in places like Scandinavia.

"It is worth repeating once again that we are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it", Professor Taalas said.

Adding weight to the WMO's assessment is another climate study released on Thursday by The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.

More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were affected by potentially risky heatwaves previous year, it said, while a total of 153 billion work hours were lost owing to unusually hot weather. It makes a difference to the speed of glacier melt and water supplies, and the future of low-lying islands and coastal communities.

The meeting is to adopt the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which aims to hold the global average temperature increase to as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Every extra bit matters, ' said Ms Manaenkova.

"If we exploit all known fossil fuel resources, the temperature rise will be considerably higher", he warned. The year started with a weak La Niña event but by October there were signs of a return to El Niño conditions, which can raise global temperatures further.

The number of tropical cyclones was above average in all four Northern Hemisphere basins, with 70 reported by 20 November, compared to the long-term average of 53, leading to many casualties.

Jitsukawa admitted one count of preparing for an aviation function while over the limit at at an earlier hearing on November 1. But a bus driver who transported crew to the airplane noticed the smell of alcohol and alerted airport security officials.

The book, based on four hours of conversations the two had in August at the Vatican, will be published in 10 languages next week. Pope Francis tries on a cap he was offered as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience, in St.

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